Larry Brown net worth

Net Worth: $70 Million

About Larry Brown

Larry Brown is a popular person in basketball. In addition to playing this sport, he is more known as a basketball coach and this career has been the main one when it comes to increasing the overall sum of Larry Brown net worth, which has been announced to reach 70 million dollars, according to the recent estimations. His most recent position has been serving as the head men’s basketball coach at Southern Methodist University.

Larry Brown became the only coach in the basketball industry who has won both an NBA title, which he did in 2004 with the Pistons, and an NCAA national championship, which he accomplished in 1988 with the Kansas. Also, he became the first and only coach in the NBA history who has led eight different teams to the playoffs.
In addition to being a coach, Larry Brown was playing basketball in the ABA. In fact, as a player with the Oakland Oaks, he became a winner of an ABA championship in the season of 1968-1969. In 1964, Larry Brown even won an Olympic Gold Medal. Thus, his playing career has made his name recognized and also increased the overall size of Larry Brown net worth.
Larry Brown became the only coach who has coached two different NBA teams in one season, which happened in 1991-1992 with the Clippers and the Spurs. Before his coaching career began, Larry Brown played college basketball at the University of North Carolina. Then, he joined the ABA. In 1972, he became a basketball coach and this involvement made his name even more popular and also added up to the current estimate of Larry Brown net worth. In 2002, as a coach, his name was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Larry Brown is regarded as one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. On the other hand, he has received a lot of notoriety because he became known as the one who is always looking for better coaching opportunities and ending his contracts before their expiration dates.
He was born in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York and he was raised in a Jewish household. He was usually playing basketball as a point guard. Larry Brown was a student at Long Beach High School and later continued his education at the University of North Carolina, where he was playing basketball. In college, his coaches were Dean Smith and Frank McGuire. In the 1960s, he was playing with the Tar Heels. However, Larry Brown was considered too small to enter the NBA so he joined the Akron Wingfoots of the NABL. There, he stayed for two years. It was also this time when Larry Brown played with the 1964 Summer Olympics team, with which he won a gold medal. In 1964, he led the Akron Wingfoots to their 1964 AAU National Championship appearance.
For a short period of time, Larry Brown served as an assistant coach at North Carolina. Then, he joined the ABA, where he played with such teams as the Denver Rockets, New Orleans Buccaneers, Virginia Squires, Oakland Oaks, and Washington Caps. Thus, his playing career has also added up to the total amount of Larry Brown net worth.